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Handbook for Boys

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Publisher Comments:

Jimmy and Kevin could really use a guide to life. Jimmy's fighting and Kevin's drug problem almost land them in a juvenile detention facility until Duke offers them after-school jobs at his Harlem barbershop. According to Duke, there are rules for everything: how to stay out of trouble, how to succeed in life, what it takes to make it. But is it good advice or just more aggravation?

In the groundbreaking tradition of his award-winnng Monster and Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers fashions a complex layered novel about the rules for success. Handbook for Boys is the book that Mr. Myers wishes he could have read while growing up. It is the book young people need to read today.

Review:

"In a self-help treatise in the guise of a novel, Myers's passion and concern for adolescent boys infuses the material and gives it a heartfelt urgency....Although compositionally flawed, this has such important things to say to adolescent boys that it deserves a wide audience." Kirkus Reviews

Synopsis:

"What you need to do," Kevin said, "is publish a book called Rules for Every Thing."

"If I publish a book," Duke said, "I'm going to call it Handbook for Boys."

Growing up is tough...really tough.

But what if you had a handbook that told you how to figure things out? How to stay out of trouble? How to think about success? How to think about the guy on the street?

At Duke's Place, Jimmy and Kevin find out that the handbook isn't written down. It means listening to Duke and his friends talk about their lives. But how can Duke, a senior citizen, understand what it is to be young now?

In the tradition of his award-winning book Monster,Walter Dean Myers once again breaks new ground with this extraordinary, original, and complex novel about learning to be a man.

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About the Author

Walter Dean Myers is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including Scorpions, a 1989 Newbery Honor Book; Now Is Your Time: The African-American Struggle for Freedom, winner of the 1992 Coretta Scott King Author Award; The Mouse Rap, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse. In 1994, he received the ALA's Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Mr. Myers lives in New Jersey with his family.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060291464
Subtitle:
A Novel
ill.:
Myers, Walter Dean
Author:
Myers, Walter Dean
Publisher:
Amistad
Location:
New York
Subject:
Boys / Men
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:
Ethnic - African American
Subject:
Social Situations - General
Subject:
Conduct of life
Subject:
Harlem (new york, n.y.)
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Barbershops.
Subject:
Harlem
Subject:
People & Places - United States - African-American
Subject:
Social Issues - General
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series Volume:
643
Publication Date:
20020507
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
from 5
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.48x5.80x.79 in. .75 lbs.
Age Level:
09-12
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Product details 192 pages HarperCollins Publishers - English 9780060291464 Reviews:
"Review" by , "In a self-help treatise in the guise of a novel, Myers's passion and concern for adolescent boys infuses the material and gives it a heartfelt urgency....Although compositionally flawed, this has such important things to say to adolescent boys that it deserves a wide audience."
"Synopsis" by ,
"What you need to do," Kevin said, "is publish a book called Rules for Every Thing."

"If I publish a book," Duke said, "I'm going to call it Handbook for Boys."

Growing up is tough...really tough.

But what if you had a handbook that told you how to figure things out? How to stay out of trouble? How to think about success? How to think about the guy on the street?

At Duke's Place, Jimmy and Kevin find out that the handbook isn't written down. It means listening to Duke and his friends talk about their lives. But how can Duke, a senior citizen, understand what it is to be young now?

In the tradition of his award-winning book Monster,Walter Dean Myers once again breaks new ground with this extraordinary, original, and complex novel about learning to be a man.
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